一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳

once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope / once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

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one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.

Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.

Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
morning
quilt / by / (indicates passive-voice clauses) / (literary) to cover / to meet with / (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bei4 zi4 sha1])

= + : In Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Beelzebub is delighted by the evil humans are able to bring into the world when he watches a royal ermine coat and a tanned cow's hide.
variant of 蛇[she2]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the death of a mosquito (虫) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He took a blood sample from the mosquito and analyzes it with his computer (它). It turns out that the mosquito stung the venomous snake (蛇) which is sleeping across the hall, and the venom killed the mosquito.
snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the death of a mosquito (虫) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He took a blood sample from the mosquito and analyzes it with his computer (它). It turns out that the mosquito stung the venomous snake (蛇) which is sleeping across the hall, and the venom killed the mosquito.
to bite / to nip

= + : Linus Pauling (交) asks Maud Younger (y) for something to eat in the aorta (ao3). Maud gives him a mandarin (口) and Linus thankfully bites (咬) it.
variant of 咬[yao3]

= + : Linus Pauling (交) asks Maud Younger (y) for something to eat in the aorta (ao3). Maud gives him a mandarin (口) and Linus thankfully bites (咬) it.
ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
surname Nian
year / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + + : Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]
surname Pa

= + : Someone is approaching Pinocchio with a flail in the ashram's bathroom. He can do nothing but wave his white flag in terror.
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps

= + : Someone is approaching Pinocchio with a flail in the ashram's bathroom. He can do nothing but wave his white flag in terror.
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

= + 丿 + : Joan of Arc is digging a well inside engine. At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor to a banana and a dinosaur bone, which dig for her using the electrical energy.
rope / CL:根[gen1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is loosing a rope (绳) pulling contest in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) against a silk worm (纟) and a toad (黾).

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